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Filing year 2024

EFFICIENCY FORWARD INC

Medford, Massachusetts·EIN 04-3323169·NTEE C350 · Environment·3
Total revenue
$7.8M
Total assets
$5.3M
Total expenses
$8.6M
Reported officers
13
Mission

EFFICIENCY FORWARD, INC. IS A NON-PROFIT THAT ADMINISTERS AND RUNS THE DLC.THE DESIGNLIGHTS CONSORTIUM (DLC) IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH A MISSION TO ACHIEVE ENERGY OPTIMIZATION BY ENABLING CONTROLLABILITY WITH A FOCUS ON QUALITY, PEOPLE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT.AS A NON-PROFIT, THE DLC IS COMMITED TO IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR COMMERCIAL LIGHTING THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA, AND TO MAKING A POSITIVE CLIMATE IMPACT WORLDWIDE. IT'S OUR GOAL TO PROVIDE A TRUSTED, IMPARTIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE INDUSTRY'S HIGHEST PERFORMING LIGHTING PRODUCTS AND SYSTEMS TO BOOST CONSUMER TRUST AND ADOPTION OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT SAVE THE MOST ENERGY.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Executive Director
$284k
$303k
Chief Operating Officer
$240k
$257k
Technical Director
highest compensated employee
$207k
$221k
Technical Manager
highest compensated employee
$185k
$198k
Program Director
director (operational)
$180k
$192k
Program Director
director (operational)
$157k
$167k
Senior Technical Operations Manager
highest compensated employee
$145k
$154k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 6 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Environment

Up 3%
from 2023

From $276k in 2023 to $284k in 2024.

$276k
2023
$284k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Roughly flat in real terms$304k to $303k

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

EFFICIENCY FORWARD INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$9.4M
$9.3M
2023
$7.8M
$8.6M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Environment executives earn in Massachusetts

Comparable environment organizations in Massachusetts pay their highest-earning executive a median of $109,236.

25th percentile
$58k
Median
$109,236
75th percentile
$177k
90th percentile
$279k

These are environment sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 192 organizations across 192 filings (2022 – 2024).

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